Website Spotlight: America in the 1930s

Website URL: http://xroads.virginia.edu/~1930s/front.html

Introductory Note:

Welcome to one in a series of posts which spotlight quality websites that I use with my U.S. History survey course students at Azusa Pacific University to enrich the regular material in our learning modules.

In this post, I limit myself to those specific aspects of the website which I find fit particularly well within our face-to-face class sessions (each student is required to bring a laptop to class) or as the basis for the students' regularly-assigned written reactions.

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I ask the students to work through the following links:

Depression Slang
http://xroads.virginia.edu/~MA04/hess/Slang/depression.html

Timeline—by year. Check out how incredible this is!!
http://xroads.virginia.edu/~1930s2/Time/1929/1929fr.html

Aimee Semple McPherson
http://xroads.virginia.edu/~UG00/robertson/asm/front.html
Aimee's Life
http://xroads.virginia.edu/~UG00/robertson/asm/background.html
Aimee's Religion
http://xroads.virginia.edu/~UG00/robertson/asm/message.html
Aimee as Actress
http://xroads.virginia.edu/~UG00/robertson/asm/actress.html
Aimee and the Media
http://xroads.virginia.edu/~UG00/robertson/asm/media.html
Aimee as Advertiser
http://xroads.virginia.edu/~UG00/robertson/asm/advertiser.html

Babe Ruth
http://xroads.virginia.edu/~UG02/yeung/Baberuth/home.html

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Concluding Note:

I hope you will use this blog post in conjunction with both the modules on my Learning Professor wiki and the numerous other posts in my Website Spotlight series.

1. The website spotlighted in this post fits within the following U.S. History survey course module on the wiki:
http://thelearningprofessor.wikispaces.com/Great+Depression

2. The other blog posts in my Website Spotlight series--chronologically displayed by U.S. History survey course module-- can be found on this wiki page:
http://thelearningprofessor.wikispaces.com/WEBSITE+SPOTLIGHT 

Website Spotlight: Farming in the 1930s

Website URL: http://livinghistoryfarm.org/farminginthe30s/farminginthe1930s.html

Introductory Note:

Welcome to one in a series of posts which spotlight quality websites that I use with my U.S. History survey course students at Azusa Pacific University to enrich the regular material in our learning modules.

In this post, I limit myself to those specific aspects of the website which I find fit particularly well within our face-to-face class sessions (each student is required to bring a laptop to class) or as the basis for the students' regularly-assigned written reactions.

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I ask the students to work through the following links:

World Events (This is good. Read it first.)
http://www.livinghistoryfarm.org/farminginthe30s/worldevents_01.html

I. MAKING MONEY
http://livinghistoryfarm.org/farminginthe30s/money_01.html

Read each subtopic that I have noted below; click on the link in the left sidebar.

a. Crash!:

b. What Followed the Crash:

Worldwide Depression
Wall Street to RFD
Burning Corn for Fuel
Couldn't Even Buy a Job
RFD to Main Street

c. Bank Failures:

Foreclosures
Penny Auctions
Radical Farm Protests
Barter Economies

II. WATER
http://livinghistoryfarm.org/farminginthe30s/water_01.html

Read each subtopic that I have noted below; click on the link in the left sidebar.

a. Drought:

The Dust Bowl
No Water, No Crops
Calling Off School
Red Dust

b. Okies:

Riding the Rails
Hitchhiking

III. FARM LIFE
http://livinghistoryfarm.org/farminginthe30s/life_01.html

Read each subtopic that I have noted below; click on the link in the left sidebar.

a. Surviving the Weather:

Accidents and Illnesses
Feeding the Family
Chores
Flour Sack Clothes
Foodways

b. Bringing Electricity:

Impact of the REA
Building the Lines
Changing Rural Homes
Changing Farm Work

c. Indoor Plumbing

d. Having Fun:

Radio
Movies
Jazz
Dancing
Dating
Family Time

e. Going to School:

School Days
School Programs

f. Community Churches:

Diversity in Religion

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Concluding Note:

I hope you will use this blog post in conjunction with both the modules on my Learning Professor wiki and the numerous other posts in my Website Spotlight series.

1. The website spotlighted in this post fits within the following U.S. History survey course module on the wiki:
http://thelearningprofessor.wikispaces.com/Great+Depression

2. The other blog posts in my Website Spotlight series--chronologically displayed by U.S. History survey course module-- can be found on this wiki page:
http://thelearningprofessor.wikispaces.com/WEBSITE+SPOTLIGHT 

Website Spotlight: Route 66

Introductory Note:

Welcome to one in a series of posts which spotlight quality websites that I use with my U.S. History survey course students at Azusa Pacific University to enrich the regular material in our learning modules.

In this post, I limit myself to those specific aspects of the website which I find fit particularly well within our face-to-face class sessions (each student is required to bring a laptop to class) or as the basis for the students' regularly-assigned written reactions.

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I ask my students to work through BOTH of these:

1. America on the Move | The People's Highway: Route 66

Using this excellent exhibition by the Smithsonian, please read through each of the 10 screens (click on "Continue" at bottom right or on each of the ten red dots at the top)
http://americanhistory.si.edu/onthemove/exhibition/exhibition_10_1.html

2. Photos: The 85th Anniversary of U.S. Route 66 | Denver Post PLOG

Read the captions under EACH of the photos. Which 5 photos impress you the most? Why?
http://blogs.denverpost.com/captured/2011/11/09/captured-the-85th-anniversary-of-u-s-route-66/5078/

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Concluding Note:

I hope you will use this blog post in conjunction with both the modules on my Learning Professor wiki and the numerous other posts in my Website Spotlight series.

1. The website spotlighted in this post fits within the following U.S. History survey course module on the wiki:
http://thelearningprofessor.wikispaces.com/Great+Depression

2. The other blog posts in my Website Spotlight series--chronologically displayed by U.S. History survey course module-- can be found on this wiki page:
http://thelearningprofessor.wikispaces.com/WEBSITE+SPOTLIGHT 

Website Spotlight: Franklin D. Roosevelt

Website URL: http://millercenter.org/president/fdroosevelt 

Introductory Note:

Welcome to one in a series of posts which spotlight quality websites that I use with my U.S. History survey course students at Azusa Pacific University to enrich the regular material in our learning modules.

Among the many worthwhile aspects of the Miller Center (University of Virginia) site, I ask the students to concentrate on the following four essays:

Life Before the Presidency
http://millercenter.org/president/fdroosevelt/essays/biography/2
Campaigns and Elections
http://millercenter.org/president/fdroosevelt/essays/biography/3
Domestic Affairs
http://millercenter.org/president/fdroosevelt/essays/biography/4
Foreign Affairs
http://millercenter.org/president/fdroosevelt/essays/biography/5

~~For a review of the Miller Center website:

TeachingHistory.org (National History Education Clearinghouse)
http://teachinghistory.org/history-content/website-reviews/14722

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For additional quality material about President Roosevelt:

1. American Presidents (American Experience)

FDR
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/americanexperience/films/fdr/

These are the specific links from the website that I ask my students to work through:

Third Anniversary of CCC
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/americanexperience/features/primary-resources/fdr-anniversary/

Take the Army out of the CCC
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/americanexperience/features/primary-resources/fdr-army-ccc/

~~For reviews of the American Presidents website:

History Matters (The U.S. Survey Course on the Web)
http://historymatters.gmu.edu/d/4106/
TeachingHistory.org (National History Education Clearinghouse)
http://teachinghistory.org/history-content/website-reviews/14714

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2. Presidential Timeline of the Twentieth Century
http://www.presidentialtimeline.org/

~~For a helpful review of this website--with clear guidelines on how best to navigate the site:
TeachingHistory.org (National History Education Clearinghouse)
http://teachinghistory.org/history-content/website-reviews/24401

a. Timeline Franklin D. Roosevelt
http://www.presidentialtimeline.org/html/timeline.php?id=32

b. Exhibits Franklin D. Roosevelt
http://www.presidentialtimeline.org/timeline/bin/

Japanese Attack on Pearl Harbor, December 7, 1941
Franklin D. Roosevelt and The Supreme Court, 1933 - 1945

c. Gallery Franklin D. Roosevelt
http://www.presidentialtimeline.org/html/gallery.php?id=32

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Concluding Note:

I hope you will use this blog post in conjunction with both the modules on my Learning Professor wiki and the numerous other posts in my Website Spotlight series.

1. The website spotlighted in this post fits within the following U.S. History survey course modules on the wiki:
http://thelearningprofessor.wikispaces.com/Great+Depression
http://thelearningprofessor.wikispaces.com/World+War+II

2. Other blog posts in my Website Spotlight series--chronologically displayed by U.S. History survey course module-- can be found on this wiki page:
http://thelearningprofessor.wikispaces.com/WEBSITE+SPOTLIGHT

Website Spotlight: Herbert Hoover

 

Website URL: http://millercenter.org/president/hoover 

Introductory Note:

Welcome to one in a series of posts which spotlight quality websites that I use with my U.S. History survey course students at Azusa Pacific University to enrich the regular material in our learning modules.

Among the many worthwhile aspects of the Miller Center (University of Virginia) site, I ask the students to concentrate on the following four essays:

Life Before the Presidency
http://millercenter.org/president/hoover/essays/biography/2
Campaigns and Elections
http://millercenter.org/president/hoover/essays/biography/3
Domestic Affairs
http://millercenter.org/president/hoover/essays/biography/4
Foreign Affairs
http://millercenter.org/president/hoover/essays/biography/5

For a review of the Miller Center website:

TeachingHistory.org (National History Education Clearinghouse)
http://teachinghistory.org/history-content/website-reviews/14722

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For additional quality material about President Hoover:

Presidential Timeline of the Twentieth Century
http://www.presidentialtimeline.org/

For a review of this website (and clear guidelines on how best to navigate the site):

TeachingHistory.org (National History Education Clearinghouse)
http://teachinghistory.org/history-content/website-reviews/24401

a. Timeline: Herbert Hoover
http://www.presidentialtimeline.org/html/timeline.php?id=31

b. Exhibits: Herbert Hoover
http://www.presidentialtimeline.org/timeline/bin/

The Stock Market Crash, October 1929

c. Gallery: Herbert Hoover
http://www.presidentialtimeline.org/html/gallery.php?id=31

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Concluding Note:

I hope you will use this blog post in conjunction with both the modules on my Learning Professor wiki and the numerous other posts in my Website Spotlight series.

1. The website spotlighted in this post fits within the following U.S. History survey course module on the wiki:
http://thelearningprofessor.wikispaces.com/The+1920s

2. Other blog posts in my Website Spotlight series--chronologically displayed by U.S. History survey course module-- can be found on this wiki page:
http://thelearningprofessor.wikispaces.com/WEBSITE+SPOTLIGHT

Website Spotlight: Seabiscuit

Website URL: http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/americanexperience/films/seabiscuit/

Introductory Note:

Welcome to one in a series of posts which spotlight quality websites that I use with my U.S. History survey course students at Azusa Pacific University to enrich the regular material in our learning modules.

In this post, I limit myself to those specific aspects of the website which I find fit particularly well within our face-to-face class sessions (each student is required to bring a laptop to class) or as the basis for the students' regularly-assigned written reactions.

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I ask the students to work through the following links:

1. Introduction: Seabiscuit
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/americanexperience/features/introduction/seabiscuit-introduction/

2. Biography of Seabiscuit
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/americanexperience/features/biography/seabiscuit-biography/

3. Racing in the Depression
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/americanexperience/features/general-article/seabiscuit-racing-depression/

4. "Seabiscuit-itis"
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/americanexperience/features/general-article/seabiscuit-seabiscuit-itis/

5. A Jockey's Hard Life
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/americanexperience/features/general-article/seabiscuit-jockeys-hard-life/

6. Racing and Radio Broadcasts in the 1930s
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/americanexperience/features/general-article/seabiscuit-broadcasts/

7. Frustration at Santa Anita Race Track
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/americanexperience/features/primary-resources/seabiscuit-santa-anita/

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Concluding Note:

I hope you will use this blog post in conjunction with both the modules on my Learning Professor wiki and the numerous other posts in my Website Spotlight series.

1. The website spotlighted in this post fits within the following U.S. History survey course module on the wiki:
http://thelearningprofessor.wikispaces.com/Great+Depression

2. The other blog posts in my Website Spotlight series--chronologically displayed by U.S. History survey course module-- can be found on this wiki page:
http://thelearningprofessor.wikispaces.com/WEBSITE+SPOTLIGHT

Website Spotlight: Riding the Rails

Website URL: http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/americanexperience/films/rails/

Introductory Note:

Welcome to one in a series of posts which spotlight quality websites that I use with my U.S. History survey course students at Azusa Pacific University to enrich the regular material in our learning modules.

In this post, I limit myself to those specific aspects of the website which I find fit particularly well within our face-to-face class sessions (each student is required to bring a laptop to class) or as the basis for the students' regularly-assigned written reactions.

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I ask the students to work through the following links:

1. Introduction: Riding the Rails
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/americanexperience/features/introduction/rails-introduction/

2. Railroads and their Musical Heritage
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/americanexperience/features/general-article/rails-chord/

3. Railroad Maps
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/americanexperience/features/map/rails-map/

4. Timeline of the Great Depression
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/americanexperience/features/timeline/rails-timeline/

5. Added Obstacles for African Americans
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/americanexperience/features/general-article/rails-added-obstacles/

6. Personal accounts: "Tales from the Rails"
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/americanexperience/features/interview/rails-tales/

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Concluding Note:

I hope you will use this blog post in conjunction with both the modules on my Learning Professor wiki and the numerous other posts in my Website Spotlight series.

1. The website spotlighted in this post fits within the following U.S. History survey course module on the wiki:
http://thelearningprofessor.wikispaces.com/Great+Depression

2. The other blog posts in my Website Spotlight series--chronologically displayed by U.S. History survey course module-- can be found on this wiki page:
http://thelearningprofessor.wikispaces.com/WEBSITE+SPOTLIGHT

Website Spotlight: Surviving the Dust Bowl

Website URL: http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/americanexperience/films/dustbowl/

Introductory Note:

Welcome to one in a series of posts which spotlight quality websites that I use with my U.S. History survey course students at Azusa Pacific University to enrich the regular material in our learning modules.

In this post, I limit myself to those specific aspects of the website which I find fit particularly well within our face-to-face class sessions (each student is required to bring a laptop to class) or as the basis for the students' regularly-assigned written reactions.

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I ask the students to work through the following links:

1. Introduction: Surviving the Dust Bowl
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/americanexperience/features/introduction/dustbowl-introduction/

2. Mass Exodus from the Plains
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/americanexperience/features/general-article/dustbowl-mass-exodus-plains/

3. Photo Gallery of an eyewitness
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/americanexperience/features/photo-gallery/dustbowl/

4. Black Sunday, April 14, 1935
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/americanexperience/features/general-article/dustbowl-black-sunday/

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Concluding Note:

I hope you will use this blog post in conjunction with both the modules on my Learning Professor wiki and the numerous other posts in my Website Spotlight series.

1. The website spotlighted in this post fits within the following U.S. History survey course module on the wiki:
http://thelearningprofessor.wikispaces.com/Great+Depression

2. The other blog posts in my Website Spotlight series--chronologically displayed by U.S. History survey course module-- can be found on this wiki page:
http://thelearningprofessor.wikispaces.com/WEBSITE+SPOTLIGHT

Website Spotlight: Civilian Conservation Corps

Website URL: http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/americanexperience/films/ccc/

Introductory Note:

Welcome to one in a series of posts which spotlight quality websites that I use with my U.S. History survey course students at Azusa Pacific University to enrich the regular material in our learning modules.

In this post, I limit myself to those specific aspects of the website which I find fit particularly well within our face-to-face class sessions (each student is required to bring a laptop to class) or as the basis for the students' regularly-assigned written reactions.

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I ask the students to work through the following links:

1. Introduction: The Civilian Conservation Corps
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/americanexperience/features/introduction/ccc-introduction/

2. Photo Gallery
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/americanexperience/features/photo-gallery/ccc/

3. CCC Camps Across America (total persons, arrayed by state)
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/americanexperience/features/image/ccc-camps-across-america/

4. Interactive map of CCC projects across the United States
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/americanexperience/features/map-widget/ccc-map/

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Concluding Note:

I hope you will use this blog post in conjunction with both the modules on my Learning Professor wiki and the numerous other posts in my Website Spotlight series.

1. The website spotlighted in this post fits within the following U.S. History survey course module on the wiki:
http://thelearningprofessor.wikispaces.com/Great+Depression

2. The other blog posts in my Website Spotlight series--chronologically displayed by U.S. History survey course module-- can be found on this wiki page:
http://thelearningprofessor.wikispaces.com/WEBSITE+SPOTLIGHT